Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-07-28
The Jubilee Farce.

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The jubilee now being observed in
all England upon the fftieth ami
versary of Queen Nictora's reign
partakes much of the spectacular
and in its grandeur commands the
admiration of all the world. The
English navy is mistress of the main
and its stately parade of last week,
when reviewed by the queen, was a
most imposing pageant of power.
All of the proceedings have been of
a nature to incite admiration, not to
say awe, of the mighty power OF the
government upon whose possessions
the sun never sets. But to those
whose view of the great empire is
not INSTRUCTED by the insignia Of
royalty and the gala day bunting,
the situation presents other phases
that are not SO Crcditable to the
reign of GOOD Queen Vic" The
phases are the opposite extreme Of
the jubilee exercises, SO widely diff
ferent and foreign that it would
seem necessary, indeed, that the
government which tolerates them
must possess holdings in the most
widely separated parts of the earth
that the subjects might not be in
perpetual turmoil. What is there
in the lives and surroundings of the
queens Irish subjects to cause them
to rejoice in the celebration? Their
lives are filled with poverty, mad
equate returns tor labor, no hope for
freeholds, and the iron band Of coer-
cion is being bound down more heayi-
ly upon them. They are being driven
from beneath the root their labor
had erected, and but for the benevo-
lent movement of their steadfast
friend, O'Brien, they would be
sheltered only by the stars and
storms. Hope is crushed out-the
incentive TO honorable labor annihi.
lated.
Just across the royal channel, In
the east end of London town, there
are two million subjects even We,
more miserable, If that were possible
From this hive of lily paid industry
descriptive letters are now being
written by Robert p. Porter ano
despatched on the cable s;nul:ape:
ously with the reports of the jubilee
| The letters are written under the
head "Toilers of London" and de.
scriptions are calculated to rob tht
government of all the honor attached
to the display of the jubilee. In the
East End two million people exis
rather than live, in ignorance, pow
erty and crime, the latter the cause
of the former effects. Mr., Porter
has found that family often live!
in single room, void of furniture
or anything to entertain or instruct
and demonstrates how natural are
the results Of ignorance and crime
The wages paid these laborers il
paltry and pauper breeding. Womer
toll fourteen to sixteen hours pei
day for as many cents. Men labor
for weekly wages that are equaled
by many day laborers in this country
and are eking out an existence il
. view of which the reiterated question
sis lite worth living?" is idle.
The queen could have made TIT
anniversary memorable to her suf
S fering subjects by employing any O
S the numerous agencies that nigh
n contribute to the improvement o
their surroundings. 1t you'd be
,, sad commentary that the govern
i ment is impotent in the premises
S Opportunity has been offered where
: by the hooking title OF GOOD Quee
o VIC" might have been earned an
e worn as trophy rather than cour
tesy. But while the world admire
the power and grapduer displayed
: it looks in vain for evidence Of hu
d nlanity in the English government